Essays and treatises on several subjects ... A new edition, Band 1T. Cadell, 1772 |
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... Human Na- ture XI . Of Civil Liberty XII . Of Eloquence 77 85 95 XIII . Of the Rife and Progrefs of the Arts and Sci- ences XIV . The Epicurean XV . The Stoic XVI . The Platonist 109 137 147 159 Eflay Effay Page XVII . The Sceptic 165 ...
... Human Na- ture XI . Of Civil Liberty XII . Of Eloquence 77 85 95 XIII . Of the Rife and Progrefs of the Arts and Sci- ences XIV . The Epicurean XV . The Stoic XVI . The Platonist 109 137 147 159 Eflay Effay Page XVII . The Sceptic 165 ...
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... human nature ; and it is evident , that their cruelty was chiefly excited by their jealousy , and by their obferving that all the great men of ROME bore with impatience the dominion of a family , which , but a little before , was no ...
... human nature ; and it is evident , that their cruelty was chiefly excited by their jealousy , and by their obferving that all the great men of ROME bore with impatience the dominion of a family , which , but a little before , was no ...
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... human affairs admit of no greater ftability , than what they receive from the casual humours and characters of particular men . It is true ; those who maintain , that the goodness of all government confifts in the goodness of the ...
... human affairs admit of no greater ftability , than what they receive from the casual humours and characters of particular men . It is true ; those who maintain , that the goodness of all government confifts in the goodness of the ...
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... human nature , than to fee it fufceptible of fo noble a paffion ; as nothing can be a greater indication of meanness of heart in any man , than to see him desti- tute of it . A man who loves only himself , without re- gard to friendship ...
... human nature , than to fee it fufceptible of fo noble a paffion ; as nothing can be a greater indication of meanness of heart in any man , than to see him desti- tute of it . A man who loves only himself , without re- gard to friendship ...
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... human affairs with a philofophical eye , than the casiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit fubmiffion , with which men refign their own fentiments and paffions to those of their rulers . When we enquire by ...
... human affairs with a philofophical eye , than the casiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit fubmiffion , with which men refign their own fentiments and paffions to those of their rulers . When we enquire by ...
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